Wall bearing ceramic tile



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WALL BEARING CERAMIC TILE Filed Dec. 9, 1929 &

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The invention relates to tiles and more arand is preferably provided with vertical ticularly to wall bearing ceramic tiles w ich openings 11 to decrease the weight of the armay be in the form of a standard brick or ticle and at the same time permit the mortar building block. toenter the same to form a lock bond when In the installation of tile walls-on the inthe tiles are laid u in a wall. teriors of buildings, it is customary to first One or both si e surfaces of the tile may erect a wall of bricks, building blocks or the be divided by a vertical dove-tailed groove 12' like, after which the interior surface of the dividing. the surface into two substantially wall is covered with tiles to produce the desquare areas as shown at 13, which may be m sired efiect. glazed, unglazed enameled or salt-glazed as 80 Such a construction is very costly and for desired to produce different tile eflects this reason, although many architects prefer thereon. tile wainscotings in public buildings, it is or- In laying up a wall with the improved wall dinari ly not economically practical to use the bearing tile the same may be done in the mansame in the average public building such as ner of laying up the ordinary brick wall and by using the usual half-bond, a tile effect such The object of the present improvement is to as shown in Fig.1 is produced, the square provide a wall bearing ceramic tile in theareas 13 upon the surfaces of the tiles being form of an ordinary brick or building block located in vertical and horizontal alinement.

having t e surface on one or both sides glazed, False mortar joints are produced by filling the w enamele or salt-glazed. and formed to repredove-tailed grooves 12 with mortar, giving sent acplurality of tiles by providing vertical the efiect, in the finished wall, of a tiled surdove-tailed grooves in the surface of the face. brick or block to produce false mortar joints. For finishing the ends of walls, such as in- With the improved tile, it will be seen that dicated generallyat 14 in F ig. 1, special tiles 1 when the brick wall is laid up, the interior such as in 3 may be provided. Each surface is a finished tile wall, eliminating the of these tiles is substantially the same as illusmaterial cost and labor required to put the trated in Fig. 2, excepting that at one end the tile finish on the surface of the wall. vertical corner is rounded as at 15 and the Another object of the improvement is to surface of the tile is divided by the dove- 89 perforate the bricks or blocks vertically t tailed vertical groove 12 into the areas 13 and decrease their weight and to provide for 3 13a, the latter having the rounded corner 15 lock bond for the mortar used in laying up t finish the end of the wall. the Wall. Where wainscoting and the like is con- An embodiment of the nvention 1s lllusstructed of the improved tiles, the upper trated in the accompanying drawings, in course 16 may be formed of special tiles such which as shown in Fig. 4, each having one side sur- Figure 1 s a perspective view of a portion f h d as, t 17 t produce id or of a wall built of the 1mproved t1le; ledge along the top of the wainscoting. The

Fig. 2, an enlarged persp tlve vi w of one dove-tailed groove 12 is also provided of the tiles; I through the center of the finished surface of Fig. 3, a slmllar vl w f a sp l 1111.9 this tile in order to carry out the false mortar use at the end of a wall; and joint.

Fig, 4, a perspective view of a special tile Where it is desired to have a glazed double 45 f use at the P'O a WaiIISCOtiIIg h llkewall, as indicated generally at 18, in Fig. 1,

-Similar numerals refer to similar parts the tile effect may be provided on both sides throughout the drawings. of the wall, tiles such as shown in Fig. 2 with The improved tile, as indicated generally vertical grooves 12 upon opposite sides being at 10 in Fig. 2, may be of the general size and used for this purpose. 50 shape of an ordinary brick or building block The improved tiles may be cut or broken at an oint in the same manner as the ordinary brlc in order to finish out at the ends of the wall and permit the same to be laid up in the wall using a half-bond, quarter-bond or in any other manner desired.

This structure eliminates the mortar joints at the ends of a wall, as best shown in Fig. 1. It should be understood that many other special shapes, besides those illustrated, may be made without departing from the invention, carrying out the scheme shown in the drawings, by providing the vertical dovetailed grooves upon the finished surface of p the tiles.

For instance, as shown in Fig. 1, where it is desired to provide a glazed double wall as shown at 18, the upper course 19 may be of the shape shown, having the ridge or ledge 17a formed on each side.

By glazing or otherwise tile finishing the ends of the tiles, as shown at 20, in Fig. 1, a partition wall, such as shown at 18 in said figure, having an exposed end, may be built.

The improved tile may be made in the size and shape of a standard brick or building block or the size and shape may be varied to produce different effects without departing from the invention.

From the above it will be obvious that there are many advantages in the improved wall nearing tile, one principal advantage being that it eliminates the necessity of first laying up a brick wall and then putting a tile finish on the same as with this structure, when the wall is laid up, the surface thereof is a finished tile wall which is produced for practically the same cost as the ordinary brick wall.

I claim:

A wall bearing brick provided on a side surface with a vertical dovetail groove form-- .lng a false mortar joint and dividing said surface into two substantially square areas each of which is surface finished to represent a tile, where by a wall built of said bricks will have a finished-inner surface having the appearance of tiles provided with continuous vertical and horizontal mortar joints.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

PATRICK J. CONLEY. 

